Gelles prepared for Two Countries
Champ Car Atlantic in Monterrey -- BMW USA at Mid-Ohio
Gelles Racing starts season in Formula BMW USA
Front Royal, May 16th, 2006. -- Gelles Racing will race in two
different countries this weekend when...

Front Royal, May 16th, 2006. -- Gelles Racing will race in two
different countries this weekend when the Formula BMW USA squadron will
head to Mid-Ohio for the start of the season while the Champ Car Atlantic
crew have rolled into Monterrey, Mexico for the third round of the
season. The pre-season testing has been very successful for the six young
drivers that enter the 14-round championship that will take them across
the United States and Canada over the next five months. Meanwhile, Robbie
Pecorari and Stephen Simpson are recovering from a tough weekend in
Houston and anticipate they will turn the tables around at Fundidora Park
in our only visit south of the Rio Grande.

"This is the first weekend where our troops will race in
different venues, states team owner Bob Gelles. We have been preparing
for months with our young guns in Formula BMW USA; we have proven without
a doubt we were the team best prepared with drivers that took to the
track with quick machines and topped the charts all winter and spring as
they improved their skills and lap times. Now everybody is ready for both
Mid-Ohio rounds and we know we will are up to the task. Meanwhile, our
Champ Car Atlantic team will finally come together in Mexico after race
incidents in Houston shed some shadow to what could have been Top Five
places in this extremely competitive series traversing North America.
Gelles drivers Pecorari and Simpson belong with the best in the Atlantic
roster."

Marco Tischer joins Gelles BMW staff

Gelles Racing is delighted to announce that engineer - chief mechanic
Marco Tischer will join Gelles Racing this season. Regarded as one of the
best in the field, Tischer was instrumental in preparing the FB02 machine
for Formula BMW World Champion Marco Holzer in 2005; he will supervise
primarily Canadian rising star Maxime Pelletier's single seater. By
the same token, veteran driver coach Claude Bourbonnais will join the
team commencing at Mid-Ohio.

Crew chief Martin Lastreto will have our BMW cars ready for the last
testing day this Thursday in Lexington while Atlantic crew chief Geoff
Bushor sets for Mexico with revised Mazda powered-Swift 016a cars.